Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

No strength within, no respect without.

Those who trust us educate us.